Greg Jenner is joined by historian Prof Katrina Phillips and comedian Alex Edelman in the 19th century to meet an icon of American history, Sacagawea. Hired to lead Jefferson’s Corps of Discovery through the newly acquired Louisiana territories at just 16 years old, Sacagawea was responsible for the lives of the corps and her "man-baby" husband as well as her actual baby who she gave birth to mid-expedition. Her heroics along the course of the journey are well documented but why is there no record of any first-hand account from the woman herself? Produced by Cornelius Mendez Script by Greg Jenner and Emma Nagouse Research by Charlotte Potter A production by The Athletic for BBC Radio 4.
My name's Joe Wilkinson, and I've managed to force Patrick Bamford to come on a podcast with me, and he's gonna slowly fall in love with me.
Do you go to the tip?
Believe it or not, yeah, I do.
Do you go to the supermarket?
No.
You know when all the shirts started getting tight on the players and they started selling them like that to the general public?
Yeah.
Yeah.
And everyone looked like sausages.
My mate's a footballer with me, Patrick.
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Hello and welcome to you're dead to me, a radio four history podcast for everyone.
For people who don't like history, do like history, or people who forgot to learn any at school.
My name is Greg Jenner.
I am a public historian, author and broadcaster, and I'm the chief nerd on the BBC comedy show Horrible Histories.
And you may have heard my other podcast, homeschool history, but that one's mostly for the kids.
On this podcast, we explore the wilds of the past in search comedy gold.
And if you've listened to our last two episodes on the Harlem Renaissance and becoming America, you'll know that we're wrapping up series three, or season three, if you're american, with five episodes of american history.
And today we are grabbing our camping supplies as we journey back over 200 years to meet Sacagawea, one of the most fascinating women in american history.